Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sot'Āpatti Saṁyutta
5. Sagātha-Puññā-Bhisanda Vagga
Sutta 42
Dutiya Abhisanda or Sahyaka or Asaṅkheyya Suttaṁ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṁ samayam Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Cattāro me bhikkhave, puññābhisandā||
kusalābhisandā||
sukhass'āhārā.|| ||
Katame cattāro?|| ||
Idha bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako Buddhe avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Iti pi so Bhagavā||
arahaṁ||
Sammā Sambuddho||
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno||
Sugato||
loka-vidu||
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathī||
Satthā deva-manussānaṁ||
Buddho||
Bhagavā' ti.
Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Dhamme avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Svākkhāto Bhagavatā dhammo||
sandiṭṭhiko||
akāliko||
ehi passiko||
opanayiko||
paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī' ti.|| ||
Ayaṁ dutiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Saṅghe avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Su-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,||
uju-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,||
ñāya-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,||
sāmīci-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,||
yad idaṁ cattāri purisa-yugāni||
aṭṭhapurisa-puggalā,||
esa Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho.|| ||
Āhuneyyo||
pāhuneyyo||
dakkhiṇeyyo||
añjali-karaṇīyo||
anuttaraṁ puññakettaṁ lokassā' ti.|| ||
Ayaṁ tatiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṁ bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako vigata-mala-maccerena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
Mutta-cāgo payata-pāṇī||
vossagga-rato||
yā cayogo||
dāna-saṁvibhāga-rato.|| ||
Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
Ime kho bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā||
kusalābhisandā||
sukhass'āhārā.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi||
kusalābhisandehi||
samannāgatassa||
ariya-sāvakassa na sukaraṁ||
puññassa||
pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ.|| ||
'Ettako puññābhisando||
kusalābhisando||
sukhass'āhāro' ti.|| ||
Atha kho 'asaṅkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-puñña-k-khandho'||
tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, yatthimā mahā-nadiyo saṁsandanti, samenti.|| ||
Seyyath'īdaṁ:||
Gaṅgā||
Yamunā||
Aciravatī||
Sarabhū||
Mahī.|| ||
Tattha na sukaraṁ udakassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ, || ||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhakānī' ti vā||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhaka satānī' ti vā||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhaka-sahassānī' ti vā.|| ||
Atha kho 'asaṅkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-udaka-k-khandho'||
tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.|| ||
Evam eva kho bhikkhave, imehi catūhi puññābhisandehi||
kusalābhisandehi||
samannāgatassa||
ariya-sāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ,||
'ettako puññābhisando||
kusalābhisando||
sukhass'āhāro' ti.|| ||
Atha kho asaṅkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-puñña-k-khandho||
tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchatī'" ti.|| ||
Idam avoca Bhagavā.|| ||
Idaṁ vatvā Sugato athāparaṁ||
etad avoca Satthā:|| ||
"Mahodadhiṁ aparimitaṁ mahāsaraṁ,||
Bahubheravaṁ ratanagaṇānam ālayaṁ||
Najjo yathā naragaṇaSaṅghasevitā,||
Puthū savantī upayanti sāgaraṁ.|| ||
Evaṁ naraṁ annadapānavatthadaṁ||
Seyyānisajjattharaṇassa dāyakaṁ,||
Puññassa dhārā upayanti paṇaḍitaṁ||
Najjo yathā vārivahāva sāgaran" ti.|| ||